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Peer reviewedLappan, Glenda, Ed. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1987
Described are children's strategies in thinking about fraction order and equivalence. The data are based on two teaching experiments with fourth and fifth-grade children. Some sample activities for teaching order and equivalence are included. (RH)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions, Grade 4, Grade 5
Lowry, William H.; Thorkildsen, Ron – 1990
This study investigated the effect of a direct instruction program in fractions, on achievement and self-concept. A pretest-posttest, quasi-experimental, nonequivalent control group design was used to compare the two groups of upper elementary school students (N=337). Treatment group students received instruction in fractions via a…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Educational Technology, Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions
Peer reviewedGraeber, Anna O.; Tirosh, Dina – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1990
Described are the conceptions held by United States and Israeli students about multiplication and division that may impede their work with decimals. Included are the introduction, method, division and multiplication task results, and the implications for education and textbook development. (KR)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Foreign Countries
